May Day Moths

After two days of strong north-easterlies, the wind finally abated and so out went the moth trap. And what a great start to May with 46 moths of 17 species, with 5 first for year and 4 new for my Port & Wey list, which now stands at 237.

  *First for year
**New for P&W moth list

Moths recorded:

#1        Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis x5

#2        Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata x3

#3     * Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria x1

#4     **Least Black Arches Nola confusalis x4

#5        Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana x8

#6      *Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatella x1

#7      *Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla x1

#8        Mallow Seed Moth Platyedra subcinerea x9

#9        White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella x2

#10      Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata x2

#11   **Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon x2

#12      Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta x2

#13      Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi x2

#14   **Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica x1

#15   **Waved Umber Menophra abruptaria x1

#16     *Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina x1

#17     *Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella x1

#1 Rusty Dot Pearl Udea ferrugalis

#2 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

#3 *Willow Beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria

#4 **Least Black Arches Nola confusalis

#4 Another **Least Black Arches Nola confusalis

#4 And another **Least Black Arches Nola confusalis

#5 Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#5 Another Light Brown Apple Moth Epiphyas postvittana

#6 Yellow-faced Bell Notocelia cynosbatella AKA Black Cloak

#7 *Twenty-plume Moth Alucita hexadactyla

#8 Mallow Seed Moth Platyedra subcinerea

#9 White-shouldered House-moth Endrosis sarcitrella

#10 Brimstone Moth Opisthograptis luteolata

#11 **Dark Sword-grass Agrotis ipsilon

#12 Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

#12 Another Shuttle-shaped Dart Agrotis puta

#13 Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi

#13 Another Common Quaker Orthosia cerasi

#14  **Treble Lines Charanyca trigrammica

#15 ** Waved Umber Menophra abruptaria

#16  *Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina

#16  *Common Swift Korscheltellus lupulina

#17 *Diamond-back Moth Plutella xylostella. My first one of the year and a dreadful photo of it.

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Also in the trap were a hoverfly, daggerfly and cranefly

Vagrant Hoverfly Eupeodes corollae

Single-striped Xanthempis Empis stercorea

Cranefly Nephrotoma sp. More on craneflies here.